SINGAPORE (January 28, 2016) – Reclusive American heiress and longtime Australia resident, Blair Parry-Okeden, is the richest person in Australia with a net worth of US$8.8 billion, according to the 2016 Forbes Australia Rich List. She surpasses mining magnate Gina Rinehart who had held the pole position for five straight [...]

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By James Thomson Image by Getty Images AsiaPac via @daylife Australian mining magnate Gina Rinehart is now the richest woman in Asia-Pacific—and she's on the path to becoming the richest woman in the world. Rinehart's fortune has doubled to $18 billion thanks to a deal signed recently that will see South Korean [...]